Author David Drury

An appreciative crowd of 45 people from Tolland and many surrounding towns were thrilled to hear Rocky Hill author David J. Drury discuss his debut book, “Hartford in World War I,” on Jan. 7.

Drury’s free talk launched the sixth season of the popular Eaton-Dimock-King Author Series, which is sponsored by the Tolland Public Library Foundation. Here he is with some of his fans.

Next up in the series: young adult author Dawn Metcalf discusses her fourth book, “Insidious,” on Jan. 23 at 11 a.m. in Conference Room A of Tolland Town Hall, and on Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. in the same room, suspense writer Karen E. Olson of North Haven will speak and sell and sign copies of her book, “Hidden.”

For more information, call the Tolland Public Library at 860-871-3620.